Wiring-machine.



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PATENT OFFICE.

S. BROWN, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

WIRING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent N o. 730,427, dated June9. 1903 Application filed December 31, 1902. Serial 110,137,352. (NomodeL) To all whom t may concern.-l

Beit known that we, ALBERT ORTON WIL- sor.T and JOSEPH S. BROWN,citizens of the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county ofLancaster and State of Nebraska, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wiring-Machines; and we do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as4 willenable others skilled in the art to which Our invention is an improvedwiring-machine adapted for Wrapping wire around a telegraph, telephone,electric-light, awning, sign, hitching, or other post to protect thesame from being gnawed by horses, cut by malicious persons,'or otherwisesimilarly damaged; and it consists in the peculiar construction andcombination of devices hereinafter fully described and claimed. f

The object of our invention is to providea simple, cheap, light, andeasily-operated ma- In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a top planview of our improved wiring-machine, showing the same in operativeposition on a post, the latter being shown lin crosssection. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of .the same, and Fig. 3 is a similar view showing theopposite side thereof.

In the embodiment of our invention here shown we provide a frame 1,whichY comprises a pair of bars 2 3. Each of the saidbars is provided ata point intermediate its ends with a lateral odset portion, as showninFig. 1. The bar 2 has at one end an inwardly-extending arm 4. The bar 3has a similar arm 5.y Each of the said arms is provided with a pluralityof adj usting-openings 6. The said arms are adapted to overlap eachother,and a pivotbolt 7 is inserted appropriately in two of the openingsof the said arms, and thereby the bars 2 3 of the frame are pivotallyconnected together at one end and are also adapted to be adjusted towardand from each other to narrow or widen the space between them, accordingto the size or diameter of the post on which the machine is to operate.

On the curved ottset portion of the bar 3 is a frame 8, which comprisesa vertical yoke 9, attached to the said bar 3, and a pair ofhorizontally-disposed bearing-arms l0 at the np- -as shown in Figs. land 2.

per and lower ends of the said yoke. The said bearing-arms and the saidbar 3 carry the axles 11 of antitrietion-rollers 12, which are adaptedto engage one side of the post, From the outer Side of the yoke 9projects a spindle 13, on

which a reel 14 is journaled, the said reel being wound with wire. Onthe spindle 13 is a tension lock-nut 15 to control the rotation of thereel and impart the requisite tension to the wire as the same is unwoundtherefrom. The said bar 3 is furtherprovided with an ontstan ding arm16, on which is carried a revoluble peripherally grooved directionsheave or pulley 17. To the under side of the 'offset portion of the bar2 is Secured a similarly-shaped frame 18,.which has a vertical portion19 on its outer side at its center and is provided at one end with apost 20, which is provided witha plurality of adjusting-openings 2l. Atthe lower end of the part 19 is jou rnaled a roller 22, which is adaptedto bear against the post on the'side opposite that engaged bythe rollers12, and to the npper end of the said part 19 is pivoted an adjusting-arm23, which sweeps on the adjustingpost 20, and is adapted to be connectedthereto at any desired angle by means of a pin 24, which passes throughan opening in said arm and through one ofthe adjusting-openingsupstanding spindle 25, on which is journaled .a roller 26, adapted tobear against the post and to travel thereon and provided with aperipheral groove 27 for the reception of the Wire. It will beunderstood that by means of the pivoted adjusting-arm 23 the roller 26may be disposed at any desired angle or pitch with reference to the poston which the machine operates to cause the wire to be wrapped around thepost at any desired pitch. The free ends of the bars 2 3 are connectedtogether While applying the machine to a post by means of a spring 28,which is attached to one of the said bars and has a chain 29 to engageand disengage the other and a link 30, which is attached to one of saidbars and engaged by the other. Having adjusted the machine on the postand attached one end of the wire thereto, the wire having been engagedwith the guide-roller 26 and directionsheave 17, the machine is causedto rotate around and on the post, and thereby to dispose the wirespil-ally on the post as the saine is paid out from the reel. Byappropriately fixing the tension device the wire may be drawn as tightlyas may be desired around the fpost, and when the post has been thuswired to the desired extent the wire is fastened to the post and thenout to permit of the removal of the machine from the post.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, andadvantages of our invention will be readily apparent, it is thought,without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by 1 Letters Patent, is-.

1. Aframeliavingbearing-rollerstoengage opposite sides of a post,whereby the frame may be revolved thereon, said frame being furtherprovided with a wire-carrying reel, and a guiding-roller to engage thepost and mounted for angular adjustmentwith respect to thebearing-rollers, to direct the frame spirally on the post, substantiallyas described.

2. A frame having bearing-rollers to engage opposite sides of apost,.whereby the vframe may be revolvedV thereon, said frame beingfurther provided with a wire-carrying reel, and a guiding-roller toengage the post, and mounted angularly with respectto thebearing-rollers, to direct the frame spirally on the post, substantiallyas described.

3. ln a machine of the class described, a frame comprising two sectionshinged together at one end and having a spring detachably connecting theopposite ends of said sections, said frame being adapted to engageopposite sides of and to rotate on a post, and a reel carried by saidframe, substantially as described. 4

4. In a machine of the class described, a frame having rollers adaptedto engage opposite sides of a, post and ada-pt the frame to revolvethereon, a wire-reel carried by said frame, a direction-sheave, and aguide-roller, the latter andthe direction-sheave being adapted to engagethe wire between the reel and the post, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands -in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALBERT ORTON VV'ILSON. JOSEPH S. BROWN.

Witnesses:

W. K. WILLIAMS, CLAUDE S. WILSON.

